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Musical artist and composer

Batu Sener Background information Born İzmir, Turkey Genres Film score, television score Occupations Music composer Producer Arranger Orchestrator Instruments Piano, keyboards Years active 2014–present Label Crashington Music Website batusener.com

Musical artist

**Batu Sener** is a Los Angeles-based composer, orchestrator, and arranger, known for his work on the *[Ice Age](/source/Ice_Age_(franchise))* franchise, *[Harold and the Purple Crayon](/source/Harold_and_the_Purple_Crayon_(film))*, and *[Better Man](/source/Better_Man_(2024_film))*.

He actively works alongside Oscar-nominated composer [John Powell](/source/John_Powell_(film_composer)) and has written additional music for films including *[Pan](/source/Pan_(2015_film))*, *[Jason Bourne](/source/Jason_Bourne_(film))*, *[Ferdinand](/source/Ferdinand_(film))*, *[Solo: A Star Wars Story](/source/Solo%3A_A_Star_Wars_Story)*, as well as *[How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World](/source/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon%3A_The_Hidden_World)*, *[Migration](/source/Migration_(2023_film))* and most recently *[Wicked](/source/Wicked_(2024_film))* and the [live-action remake of *How to Train Your Dragon*](/source/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon_(2025_film)).[1][2]

His recent works include the studio album *Lugano Impressions*, an a cappella choir single titled 'LII Dies Tenebrarum,' and the score for the film *[Better Man](/source/Better_Man_(2024_film))*, which earned him his [AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score](/source/AACTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Music_Score).[3] He was a nominee for Breakthrough Composer of the Year in 2022 at [IFMCA Awards](/source/International_Film_Music_Critics_Association).[4][5]

## Early life and education

From the age of 3, he trained as a pianist for 17 years[6][7] at [Bilkent University](/source/Bilkent_University) Faculty of Music and Performance Arts and [Anadolu University](/source/Anadolu_University) State Conservatory before moving to the United States to study film scoring at [Berklee College of Music](/source/Berklee_College_of_Music)[8] and composition at [Columbia College Chicago](/source/Columbia_College_Chicago).[9] Once in Los Angeles, he met [John Powell](/source/John_Powell_(film_composer)) and has been his collaborator on every single film score and project since 2014.[10]

## Career

Sener's first feature length score was in the Ice Age franchise titled *[The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild](/source/The_Ice_Age_Adventures_of_Buck_Wild).* A few months later, in the same franchise, Sener scored *[Ice Age: Scrat Tales](/source/Ice_Age%3A_Scrat_Tales),* a mini TV series produced by [Blue Sky Studios](/source/Blue_Sky_Studios), which turned out to be the last project they released before the studio closed. Sener had collaborated with director [Carlos Saldanha](/source/Carlos_Saldanha) via John Powell on the animated feature film *[Ferdinand](/source/Ferdinand_(film))*. This relationship led to his next feature score *[Harold and the Purple Crayon](/source/Harold_and_the_Purple_Crayon_(film)).* He continues working out of John Powell's 5 Cat Studios and Powell is credited as Score Consultant on this score.

Meanwhile, in Turkey and Europe, Sener scored [*Atatürk*](/source/Atat%C3%BCrk_(film)), a two-part Turkish [epic](/source/Epic_film) [biographical](/source/Biographical_film) [historical drama film](/source/Historical_drama) directed by Mehmet Ada Öztekin and written by Necati Şahin. The film follows the life of the [founding father](/source/Founding_father) of the [Republic of Turkey](/source/Republic_of_Turkey), [Mustafa Kemal Atatürk](/source/Mustafa_Kemal_Atat%C3%BCrk).[11] This project was initially intended to be a 6-episode television series. It stars [Aras Bulut İynemli](/source/Aras_Bulut_%C4%B0ynemli) in the title role. The first part of the film, titled *Atatürk 1881 - 1919* premiered on October 29, 2023 and the second one, *Atatürk II 1881 - 1919* premiered on January 5, 2024, both in Turkey and across Europe. Both films and the television version were later released on [Amazon Prime Video](/source/Amazon_Prime_Video).[12]

In 2024, he released an album of arrangements of some of the most recognized traditional pop songs, *Reset*, by Ben Fuller. Sener is credited as a performer and producer on the album as well. He later scored [Michael Gracey](/source/Michael_Gracey)'s [Better Man](/source/Better_Man_(film)), a [biographical](/source/Biographical_film) [jukebox musical](/source/Jukebox_musical) [drama film](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) based on the life of the English singer [Robbie Williams](/source/Robbie_Williams).

In his work with John Powell, Sener has supplied compositions, arrangements, and orchestrations for over 15 films, along with a wide range of additional recording projects, including *[Jason Bourne](/source/Jason_Bourne_(film)), [Solo: A Star Wars Story](/source/Solo%3A_A_Star_Wars_Story), [How to Train Your Dragon](/source/How_to_Train_Your_Dragon)* franchise, *[Don't Worry Darling](/source/Don't_Worry_Darling), [Wicked](/source/Wicked_(2024_film))* and *[Wicked: For Good](/source/Wicked%3A_For_Good)*. Sener is also credited as producer on multiple albums including *[Ferdinand](/source/Ferdinand_(film))*,[13] *[The Call of the Wild](/source/The_Call_of_the_Wild_(soundtrack))*[14] and archival soundtracks from 5 Cat Studios. He has performed on soundtrack festivals and film music concerts across the world.[15][16][17] He also worked as an arranger on Home, a single by [Nick Jonas](/source/Nick_Jonas) for the animated film *Ferdinand*.[18]

## Filmography

### As a score composer

Year Title Director Note(s) Studio(s)/Publisher(s) 2022 The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild[19][20] John C. Donkin Original theme music composed by John Powell Nominated for a Public Choice Award at the World Soundtrack Awards in 2022[21] Winner for a Best Streaming Media Award at the BMI Film & TV Awards in 2023[22] Walt Disney Pictures 20th Century Studios 20th Century Animation Bardel Entertainment Ice Age: Scrat Tales[23] Donnie Long Last feature film by Blue Sky Studios End title theme music composed by John Powell Nominated for "Best Score in a TV Show/Limited Series" at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards in 2022[24] Blue Sky Studios 20th Century Animation 2023 Atatürk 1881 - 1919 Mehmet Ada Öztekin Additional music composed by Markus Siegel Lanistar Media Atatürk II 1881 - 1919 2024 Harold and the Purple Crayon[25][26] Carlos Saldanha Columbia Pictures Davis Entertainment 2025 Better Man[27] Michael Gracey Winner for an AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score in 2025[28] Paramount Pictures Xfinity x Wicked: For Good Alice Brooks Comcast Xfinity's co-promotional short film[29] Comcast Universal Pictures

### As an additional music composer

Year Title Director(s) Lead Composer 2015 Pan Joe Wright John Powell 2016 Jason Bourne Paul Greengrass 2017 Ferdinand Carlos Saldanha 2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story Ron Howard 2019 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Dean DeBlois 2020 The Call of the Wild Chris Sanders 2021 Locked Down Doug Liman 2022 Don't Worry Darling Olivia Wilde 2023 Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Davis Guggenheim Migration Benjamin Renner 2024 Thelma the Unicorn Jared Hess Lynn Wang That Christmas Simon Otto Wicked Jon M. Chu 2025 How to Train Your Dragon Dean DeBlois Wicked: For Good Jon M. Chu 2026 Minions & Monsters Pierre Coffin

## Studio albums

Year Title Notes Label Catalogue 2016 The Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Score) Score to the film by the same title directed by Jim DanDee Crashington Music[30] CM001 2019 Lugano Impressions Sener's first studio album for chamber music. Includes 'Lugano Suite' for cello and piano. Performed by Charlie Tyler and Batu Sener. Written, Recorded and Produced at 5 Cat Studios by John Michael Caldwell. 5 Cat Studios[31] FCS002 2020 LII Dies Tenebrarum A Cappella Choir Single FCS004 2021 Piano Solos from "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World"[32] Arranged and Performed by Batu Sener. FCS005 2020 Piano Solos from "The Call of the Wild" FCS006 2021 Wade in the Water (Music from the Motion Picture) From the motion picture title Wade in the Water, directed by David Bianchi. Music by Batu Sener. Vocals by Onyi Love. Crashington Music[30] CM002 2024 Reset Traditional Pop album by Ben Fuller. Arranged and Performed by Batu Sener. CM004 2024 Night and Day Single by Ben Fuller. Arranged and Performed by Batu Sener. CM005 2026 An Occasional Man Traditional Pop album by Ben Fuller. Arrangements by Batu Sener. Co-produced with Ben Fuller. Musicians: Sean Hurley, bass; George Doering, guitars; Charlie Tyler, cello; Alec Lubin, percussion; Batu Sener, piano CM007

## See also

- [Category:Films scored by Batu Sener](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_scored_by_Batu_Sener)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Batu Sener"](https://kraft-engel.com/clients/batu-sener/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Alumni Success: Music Composition for the Screen MFA"](https://www.colum.edu/academics/alumni/alumni-success-music). *www.colum.edu*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Winners & Nominees"](https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/). *www.aacta.org*. Retrieved 2025-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["IFMCA Award Nominations 2022"](https://filmmusiccritics.org/2023/02/ifmca-award-nominations-2022/). *Breakthrough Composer of the Year 2022*. 9 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["International Film Music Critics Association Awards Nominations"](https://www.awardsdaily.com/2023/02/09/international-film-music-critics-association-awards-nominations/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Independent Türkçe Interview with Composer Batu Sener"](https://www.indyturk.com/node/748805/kültür/dev-hollywood-filmlerinin-müziklerinin-ardındaki-türk-besteci-batu-şener). *Independent Türkçe*. 14 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Atatürk Filminin Müziklerinde Batu Şener İmzası"](https://www.andante.com.tr/tr/11431/Ataturk-Filminin-Muziklerinde-Batu-sener-imzasi). *Atatürk Filminin Müziklerinde Batu Şener İmzası*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Batu Sener at Berklee College of Music"](https://college.berklee.edu/news/behind-music-ferdinand-batu-sener-film-scoring-alumnus). *berklee.edu Interview with Batu Sener*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["The World's Best Music Schools, Ranked"](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/worlds-best-music-schools-2022-ranked-1235253135/). *Hollywood Reported article - Batu Sener in the alumni*. 5 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Film.Music.Media - Composer Interview: Batu Sener"](https://www.filmmusicmedia.com/interviews/composer-interview-batu-sener). *www.filmmusicmedia.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Atatürk premiere in Istanbul"](https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ataturk-1881-1919-premieres-at-akm-187317). *Hurriyet Daily News*. 25 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Emir (28 August 2024). ["Atatürk Amazon Prime Video Release Date"](https://shiftdelete.net/ataturk-1881-1919-prime-video-tarihi). *Teknoloji Haberleri - ShiftDelete.Net (in Turkish)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Ferdinand (Original Motion Picture Score) Credits"](https://www.discogs.com/release/11302635-John-Powell-Ferdinand-Original-Motion-Picture-Score). *Produced by John Powell & Batu Sener*. 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["The Call of the Wild Soundtrack Album Credits"](https://www.discogs.com/release/14836139-John-Powell-The-Call-of-the-Wild-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*. 21 February 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Film Music Prague 2019 – Festival summary"](https://soundtrackfest.com/en/articles/film-music-prague-2019-festival-summary/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Hollywood in Hamburg Concert (in German)"](https://scoregeek.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/konzert-review-hollywood-in-hamburg-john-powell/). 25 June 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Kraków Film Music Festival 2022"](https://soundtrackfest.com/en/news/krakow-fmf-2022-audiovisual-forum-en/). *Masterclass and Concerts by Batu Sener*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Various – Ferdinand (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Credits"](https://www.discogs.com/release/13933384-Various-Ferdinand-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*. 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** Shuler, Skyler (2021-08-03). ["Batu Sener to Score Disney+ 'Ice Age' Spin-Off 'Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild'"](https://thedisinsider.com/2021/08/03/batu-sener-to-score-disney-ice-age-spin-off-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild/). *Daily Disney News*. Retrieved 2025-02-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** says, JackS. ["Batu Sener Scoring Disney+'s 'Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild' | Film Music Reporter"](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2021/08/02/batu-sener-scoring-disneys-ice-age-adventures-of-buck-wild/). Retrieved 2025-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** Kasule, Melissa (2022-09-16). ["World Soundtrack Awards unveils second wave of 2022 nominations"](https://www.screendaily.com/news/world-soundtrack-awards-unveils-second-wave-of-2022-nominations/5174522.article?referrer=RSS). *Screen*. Retrieved 2025-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["2023 BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Award"](https://www.bmi.com/award-shows/film-tv-2023/). *BMI.com*. Retrieved 2025-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["Batu Sener Scoring Disney+'s 'Ice Age: Scrat Tales' | Film Music Reporter"](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/02/22/batu-sener-scoring-disneys-ice-age-scrat-tales/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["2022 HMMA Nominations and Winners"](https://www.hmmawards.com/2022-hmma-nominations-and-winners/). *Hollywood Music In Media Awards*. Retrieved 2025-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["Batu Sener Scoring Carlos Saldanha's 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' | Film Music Reporter"](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2023/02/10/batu-sener-scoring-carlos-saldanhas-harold-and-the-purple-crayon/). Retrieved 2025-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** ["Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) - Soundtrack.Net"](https://www.soundtrack.net/movie/harold-and-the-purple-crayon-2023/). *www.soundtrack.net*. Retrieved 2025-02-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-27)** ["Batu Sener Scoring Michael Gracey's 'Better Man' | Film Music Reporter"](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2024/02/28/batu-sener-scoring-michael-graceys-better-man/). Retrieved 2025-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-28)** Brandle, Lars (2025-02-06). ["2025 AACTA Awards Industry Gala: All the Winners"](https://au.variety.com/2025/awards/news/2025-aacta-awards-industry-winners-20052/). *Variety Australia*. Retrieved 2025-02-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-29)** ["'Wicked: For Good' Star Jeff Goldblum Brings the Magic of Oz Home with Xfinity"](https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/wicked-for-good-jeff-goldblum-imagine-that-xfinity).{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: url-status ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_url-status))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_30-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_30-1) ["Crashington Music Catalogue"](https://www.discogs.com/label/3444871-Crashington-Music). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-31)** ["5 Cat Studios Catalogue"](https://www.discogs.com/label/662072-5-Cat-Studios). *[Discogs](/source/Discogs)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-32)** ["Piano Solos from 'How to Train Your Dragon: A Hidden World' Released | Film Music Reporter"](https://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/06/01/piano-solos-from-how-to-train-your-dragon-a-hidden-world-released/).

## External links

- [Batu Sener](https://batusener.com) - Official Site

- [Batu Sener](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4987904/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Batu Sener](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0003537700) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

- [Batu Sener](https://kraft-engel.com/clients/batu-sener/) - Kraft-Engel Management

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